Coastguard seizes over 100 maunds of <i>jatka</i>

Coastguard seizes 100 maunds of jatka (hilsa fry) from two trawlers in the Meghna River near Chandpur town, below, police seizes 20 maunds of jatka from a Dhaka-bound launch in Galachipa upazila under Patuakhali district yesterday. Ignoring a government ban and occasional drives by the law enforcers, a section of unscrupulous fishermen have continued catching jatka, much to the harm of the stock of popular fish hilsa.Photo: STAR